The Essential Writer’s Library

Here is a selection of books from my writing shelf, those books I would consider the most useful – if not essential – for anyone who wants to learn to write fiction:

Stephen King’s On Writing is probably the first book about the craft that I read. Part memoir, part manual, it’s both fascinating and covers many of the fundamentals of writing fiction. For several years, this was the only writing book I possessed.

Brevity.

Find it here.

Jack Bickham’s Scene & Structure is a great resource. You can have great characters, write great prose, and deliver sparkling dialogue, but this book is invaluable for learning how to structure a novel, how to set the framework for your story.

About A.J. Grimmelhaus

A.J. Grimmelhaus is a Fantasy author based in Cambridge, England. His father read The Hobbit to him when he was three years old and later took him to see the original Star Wars trilogy in a single epic showing. He has been hooked on Fantasy and Science Fiction ever since.

He enjoys short walks to the pub and Venn diagrams, which he often uses in inappropriate situations. He is more than happy to illustrate this through a Venn diagram.